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Re: Rant of the Day v2.

#5101 Post by Pontius Navigator » Thu Jun 03, 2021 6:00 am

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#5102 Post by ian16th » Sat Jun 05, 2021 4:35 pm

Just emptied a bottle, and asked for the spare, to be informed by SM that she hasn't been able to find any in the shops.

A quick Giggle found the reason. :((
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#5103 Post by tango15 » Sat Jun 05, 2021 4:45 pm

I blame the Dutch and the Septics. HP sauce is now made in the Netherlands(!) (thanks Kraft!, although I did read that some of the sauce manufacture is coming back to the UK, but I don't think HP was included.

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#5104 Post by OFSO » Sat Jun 05, 2021 9:13 pm

Mrs OFSO, a brilliant cook although she still thinks she's cooking for large numbers in the hotel she sold years ago, so every lunch we have a choice of dishes... reflected in my waistline...... makes all sort of amazing sauces, and the HP in the fridge is rarely, if ever, called for.

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#5105 Post by Hydromet » Sat Jun 05, 2021 9:22 pm

The local Aldi currently has HP Sauce & Lea & Perrins Worcestershire sauce in their special buys section. Had a look and the L&P labels are faded and the sauce seems to have stratified, even more so than the usual sediment settling. Must have a look to see if they have a use-by date.

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#5106 Post by G-CPTN » Sat Jun 05, 2021 10:20 pm

Hydromet wrote:
Sat Jun 05, 2021 9:22 pm
Must have a look to see if they have a use-by date.
Stores can be prosecuted for selling food beyond its sell/use by date.

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#5107 Post by llondel » Sat Jun 05, 2021 10:56 pm

One has to be careful with Worcestershire Sauce...


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#5108 Post by Mrs Ex-Ascot » Sun Jun 06, 2021 6:21 am

ian16th wrote:
Sat Jun 05, 2021 4:35 pm
Just emptied a bottle, and asked for the spare, to be informed by SM that she hasn't been able to find any in the shops.

A quick Giggle found the reason. :((
Thank you Ian for explaining our shortage of HP sauce down here. Managed to find a bottle of VIP sauce in Spar which is a good enough substitute. We only use it when making cheese on toast. :D
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Re: Rant of the Day v2.

#5109 Post by Rwy in Sight » Sun Jun 06, 2021 6:58 am

G-CPTN wrote:
Sat Jun 05, 2021 10:20 pm
Hydromet wrote:
Sat Jun 05, 2021 9:22 pm
Must have a look to see if they have a use-by date.
Stores can be prosecuted for selling food beyond its sell/use by date.
Hence they run very good promotions when the sell by date comes close. I manage to get 1+1 Löwenbräu 500 cl can with a sell buy date 07/21 for 1.4 € per can.

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#5110 Post by Pontius Navigator » Sun Jun 06, 2021 7:39 am

RiS, that'll be a challenge then.
I remember being issued compo that might have soon qualified as vintage, the true 25 Yr vintage.

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#5111 Post by ian16th » Sun Jun 06, 2021 8:21 am

I remember getting Horlicks tablets handed out from Safety Equipment.
They were removed from the dinghy packs on Major or Minor Services as out of date.
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#5112 Post by OFSO » Sun Jun 06, 2021 2:56 pm

Where our community joins the main road a large triangular piece of empty land was left when the town Council altered the entrance to make it "safer." For the past five months a very large French registered panel truck has been parked there, mostly. Some days it disappears for a few hours, just sufficient to, oh let's say for the purpose of argument, possibly drive up to France and back. Just speculating. Now and then when I pass, the double back doors are open and a locally registered van is backed right up to the rear with its doors open. Maybe not always the same van. Can't see inside either vehicle. I'm sure it's all completely and totally innocent. Someone with time on his hands might well wonder whether goods are being brought from France into Spain, or the reverse. And what, and why...

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#5113 Post by Pontius Navigator » Sun Jun 06, 2021 3:41 pm

How far is Andorra? Is it still duty free?

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#5114 Post by OFSO » Sun Jun 06, 2021 4:50 pm

Three or four hours drive, depending. No idea about excise duty. Having an Andorra-plated car in Catalunia is an invitation to get stopped by the police.

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#5115 Post by Pontius Navigator » Mon Jun 07, 2021 1:48 pm

That suggests duty doesn't it. Years ago we drove in from France. We passed border post probably WW2 vintage, wooden hut, barrier up, unloved and unmanned. In Case de la passe was a huge square and every sort of Duty free. One thing missing was a cash machine. Returning to France was a massive customs shed. Ultra modern, about a dozen red lanes and one green. The French all went through the green channel and none were stoppec.

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#5116 Post by ian16th » Mon Jun 07, 2021 1:54 pm

Pontius Navigator wrote:
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That suggests duty doesn't it. Years ago we drove in from France. We passed border post probably WW2 vintage, wooden hut, barrier up, unloved and unmanned. In Case de la passe was a huge square and every sort of Duty free. One thing missing was a cash machine. Returning to France was a massive customs shed. Ultra modern, about a dozen red lanes and one green. The French all went through the green channel and none were stoppec.
Makes one lust for the James Bond Aston Martin with the variable number plates.
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#5117 Post by Pontius Navigator » Mon Jun 07, 2021 2:41 pm

Once picked up a parking ticket in Austria. I had Cypriot plates. I ran the border and two weeks later I had new plates. Did they even try and find me? All my Cypriot docs were in the car for the Cypriot police were no longer interested when you left the island. I can t remember mission I signed out at Limasol and boarded a boat at Famagusta.

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Re: Rant of the Day v2.

#5118 Post by OFSO » Mon Jun 07, 2021 2:51 pm

Not duty, more like police hatred of rich buggers living full time in Spain but enjoying tax-free Andorra.

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Re: Rant of the Day v2.

#5119 Post by ian16th » Mon Jun 07, 2021 4:39 pm

Pontius Navigator wrote:
Mon Jun 07, 2021 2:41 pm
Once picked up a parking ticket in Austria. I had Cypriot plates. I ran the border and two weeks later I had new plates. Did they even try and find me? All my Cypriot docs were in the car for the Cypriot police were no longer interested when you left the island. I can t remember mission I signed out at Limasol and boarded a boat at Famagusta.
Raises a few questions.

Have you ever been back to Cyprus?
If so, did you 'arrive' in the Republic or the SBA?
If you arrived in the SBA, is there an exchange of information between the two authorities?

If you'd like to go back, dare you?

Do you care?

On a personal level, I 'arrived' and 'departed' to and from the republic, at RAF Nicosia and didn't have my passport stamped.
But while there, I did 'depart' and 'arrive' in the SBA (Akrotiri), with passport stamps, for a detachment to Karachi, via a night stop in Tehran.

SM, who arrived and departed on the same flights as I, had the RAF Police at RAF Nic, stamp her passport!

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#5120 Post by Pontius Navigator » Mon Jun 07, 2021 5:36 pm

We went back a couple of times while No1 was quartered there. First time was a hoot. SiL took us the the Limassyacht club for lunch. Very swish. "I'll have a glass of wine"
Much confusion and they went to a shop to buy a bottle.
We did a trip to Paphos and turned right round.
Next time we used Paphos airport and had a great time

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